Interest Mod - Fixed Starting Points & Enthusiasm-based Redistribution

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Description
Interests randomization is flawed - Sims are not generated\born with an equal amount of total interest points. They may start with over 120 points, or as low as lower than 60 points... Not even simsfreq's Age-Weighted/Individual Interests mod has fixed this issue, for point generation remains without restraints.

This mod makes sure all newly generated\born Sims start out equal with 90 points in total - no more and no less.

The other change is interest point gain\loss and redistribution as Sims age. Those with high Charisma and Aspiration level will be granted additional points, whereas those growing up unfulfilled will have lower total points. Point redistribution works by shifting points to randomly chosen topics, without making them too low or too high. Enthusiasms also influence which topics should those points be redistributed to first.

RevisedSocials-Chat.zip is an optional download with an old but related mod that adds Charisma, niceness and mood as factors during a conversation. Basically, Sims having good amount of said factors will tolerate topics they do not like - letting others gain STR. But they may continue speaking of said topics, with perhaps disgust on their mind, and themselves losing STR! As they do not reject the topics, the conversations can last longer.


Features
Fixed Starting Interests
  • Fixed total interest points for newly generated\born Sims to 90
  • Interest points are randomized on the full integer basis - 3 points mean 3.00, and not 3.35.
  • Interest points are randomized in an evened out manner, so that few topics have 0 point, and rare for any topic to start at 9 points or more.
  • If you want to get 9+ points, read magazines.

Points Gain & Loss
  • Total interest points can be increased or decreased upon growing up.
  • Aspiration level, after growing up, dictates how many points are added or lost.
  • Charisma adds new interest points linearly, on a 1-to-1 point basis.
  • Charisma bonus is more effective for younger Sims - adults need at least 4 points to receive the bonus, while children need only 1 point.

Points Redistribution
  • Interest points are redistributed upon growing up.
  • Interest points are redistributed in a random yet limited manner - 1 to 2 points change.
  • Any Enthusiasm of 3 or more points will have the interest points be distributed to its associated topics first.
  • At 3+ Enthusiasm, 1 interest point will go to both associated topics, increasing to 2 points for 7+ Enthusiasm.
  • Point redistribution will become less random as the influence from high Enthusiasms grow.
  • Point redistribution will not subtract from topics with 3 or less points, or add to topics with 9 or more points.
  • Enthusiasm influence can bring a topic of 8 interest points up to 10, however.

Enthusiasms are associated with interest topics as per the following list:


Mod is configurable with its sole BCON. Primarily, "Init - Total Points" dictates the starting interest points. "Randomize Loop Base" dictates the randomness of point redistribution; higher values mean high randomness and can nullify Enthusiasm influence.

For the optional download, the RevisedSocials_Chat module adds Charisma, niceness, and mood as factors to topic reactions. Those with high Charisma, and to the less extend, high nice points and good mood, are less likely to turn down a disliked topic. Others are thus likely to gain STR, and the conversations can last longer as well. Of course, they may stick to said topic and lose STR themselves, unless the conversation partners also have high Charisma.


Issues
Sims already existing before installation are only affected by interest points gain\loss and redistribution. You will need to readjust how many points they have on your own (via cheat).

As this mod modifies Person Semi-Global functions, Sims may reset after installing it.

Please report any other bugs in the comment section.


Conflicts
This mod adds to or modifies the Person Semi-Global group (0x7F01EC29) in the following instances:


Conflicting Mods



Credits:
simsfreq for the Age-Weighted/Individual Interests and More Random Interests for Freetime+ mods.
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